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FASTENING POR- GRAVATS, NEGKTIE S, 6w.

N0."253,478. Patented- Feb. 7,1882.

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FASTENING FOR GRAVATS, NEGKTIBS,, &G.

- No. 253,478. Patented Feb. 7.1882.

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JOHN HINKS, THOMAS HOOPER, AND FRANCIS R. BAKER, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTYOF WARWICK, ENGLAND; SAID BAKER ASSIGNOR TO SAID HINKS AND HOOPER.

FASTENING FOR CRAVATS, NECKTIES, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,478, dated February7, 1882. Application filed August 22, 1881. (No model.) Patented inEngland October 27, 1880, January 25, 1881, and April 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J OHN HINKS, THOMAS500mm, and FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain,residing at Birmingham, in the county of Warwick,

England, have invented certain new and useful improvements in fasteningsfor cravats, neckties, belts, bands, braces, and other articles, and insuspenders for stockings, dresses,

1o curtains, and other articles, (for which we have received LettersPatent in England, No.- 4,387, dated 27th October, 1880; No. 337,,datedth January, 1881, and No. 1,519, dated 7th April, 1881,) of which thefollowing isa specification.

1 Our invention consists of the construction and combinations,hereinafter described, of the parts of fastenin gs for cravats,neckties, belts, bands, braces, andotherarticles,ourimproved fasteningsconsistingessentially ot' a spring- 20 tongue, eitheremade from the bodyor frame of the fastening or of a separate piece of metal attached tothe said body or frame, and'a- 1e,- ver for lifting the saidspring-tongue for unfastening the band or article, or of alever only 2for griping the article.

Our invention consists, further, of the improvements, hereinafterdescribed, in suspend: ers for stockings, dresses, curtains, and otherarticles. I 0 Figure l of the accompanying drawings represents in backelevation a portion of a era vat to which a fastening constructedaccording to our invention is applied. Fig. 2 represents in section andplan the fastening de- 3 5 tached, drawn to alargerscale, with thespringtongue and lifting-lever in their raised or nonacting positions.Fig. 3 represents the same in their depressed or acting posit-ions. Fig.4 is an end elevation of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is an 40 end elevation ofFig. 3.

a a is the pointed spring-tongue of the fastening, made from the steelplate I), forming the body of the fastening. The pointed end a of thespring-tongue a is bent at right angles to 5 the plane of the otherpart.

cis the lifting-lever, jointed by the ears at c o to the bodyb, the saidears working in pockets at b in the body b. The said lever is engagedunder the spring-tongue a, the said tongue passing through a slot, (1,made in the lever. When the lever c is raised into the positionrepresented in Figs. 2 and 4 it lifts the pointed tongue a (t the saidtongue tending to return to its normal position by its elasticity. Whenthe lever 0 passes over the centero 0 on which it turns, it is held inthat position by the pressure of the spring-tongue a a and the fasteningis thus held or looked out of action. The heel 0 of the lifting-lever 0constitutes a stop, and prevents the lever being moved beyond theposition represented in Fig. 2. On shutting down the lever c thespringtongue 0. a bearing upon it, forces it into the horizontalposition represented in Fig. 3, and looks or holds it securely in thatposition. The body b of the fastening is attached by sewing to the underside of a piece of milll board, f, behind the front of the cravat, (seeFig. 1,) the edge of the piece of mill-board be I ing engaged with thetrough-shaped end b? of the body I). A slot or opening is made in themill-board at g, in which the spring-tongue a and lever 0 work. Betweenthe mill-board f and the front of the cravat the free end 71/ ot' theneckband h is passed. By raising thele- 75 ver 0 into the position.represented in Figs. 2 and 4 the spring-tongue a a is lifted from theneckband h and the latter is released and can .be passed to the requireddistance behind the front of the cravat, and by depressing the lever othe parts take the positions represented in Figs. 3 and 5, the point enda of the springtongue entering the neckband h and fixing its position. 7

The fastening described maybe modified by dispensing with the separatelever c, and using in place thereof a projecting part on the spring- 1tongue a ed, the said projecting part serving as a lifter to raise thespring-tongue to unfasten the cravat or article. The fastening describedand illustratedis applicable to neckties having in front bows and endsor other shaped front parts.

Fig. 6 represents in back elevation, Fig. 7

in front elevation, and Fig.8 in section another cravat or necktiefastening made according to our invention. This fastening consists of alever, 2' i turning in the plate It, fixed at the front of themill-boardfofthe cravat. The long outer arm, '5, of the lever passesthrough an opening in the carrying-plate 7c, and the short acting arm 2'of the lever is turned at right angles to the other part, 6. At the backof the mill-board f is a trough-plate, l, with side ears for fasteningit, through which plate 1 the neckband h of the cravat is passed. Fromthe said trough-plate I a spring-tongue, Z is cut, the said tongue beingattached at its base to the said plate 1. Near the free end'of thespring-tongue l, and immediately opposite the end of the short arm 21 ofthe lever i, is a cross-depression, l (see Fig. 8,) in which de pressionthe short arm of the lever enters when the lever is in its normalposition. The troughplate It at the back of the mill-board f and theplate lat front, carrying the lever i 16 are conneeted together byeyelets at m m, passed through the mill-board f and eyeleted upon thesaid plates land It. The neckband h of the crava-t or necktie is passedbetween the mill-board f-and the trough-plate 1, having thespring-tongue 1 When the long arm i of the lever i i israised atrightangles to the shieldlike piecef, carrying the fastening, the end ofthe band [flea-n be adjusted, as it is not pressed upon by the short armi of the lever. After the band W has been adjusted the long arm 2' ofthe lever is depressed upon the piece 1', when the said band k ispressed into the cross-depression Z in the spring-tongue Z of the shortarm i of the lever, as seen in Fig. 8, and the said band is therebyfixed in the position to which it has been adjusted.

Fig. 9 represents in back elevation. and Figs. 10 and 11 in section acravat-fastening in which the ordinary griping-lever,c' i is pressedinto its griping position by springs #1, made from the sides of thetrough-plate Z, through which the neckband 7L2 passes, the securegriping of the neckband being effected by the. short arm i of the leverpressing the said band either into a depression, Z Fig. 10, or into aslot, 1, Fig. 11, in the back of the plate I.

In applying the cravat-fastenin g represented in Figs.l,2,3,4,and 5 tothe fastening of belts, bands, braces, and other articles, and to thesuspending of stockings, curtains, and the like, 1

We modify the parts, as illustrated in the drawlI] gs.

Fig. 12 represents in plan the two parts of a belt or band fasteningconnected together; and Fig. 13 represents the same in longitudinalsection disconnected, drawn to a larger scale. The partp on one end ofthe band is furnished with the spring-tongue a a and lifting-lever c,

as before described with respect to the cravatfastening, the saidspring-tongue being made in one piece with the said part 9. The actingend a of the spring-tongue a is in this arrangement plain instead ofbeing pointed. The part q of the fastening is furnished with a slot, q,in which the end a of the spring-tongue snaps to fasten the two partsof the fastening together.

Fig. 1. represents in plan a purse or pocketbook fastening constructedaccording to our invention. The construction of this fastening isessentially the same as that of the belt or band fastening lastdescribed, and corresponding parts are marked with the same letters ofreference.

Fig. 15 represents in front elevation a fastening constructed accordingto our invention applied to a brace. Fig. 16 represents a section of aportion of the same, and Fig. 17 represents a plan of a portion of thesame. The construction of this fastening is in all essential respectsthe same as that of the belt-fastening already described, excepting thatthe springtongue at a is made of a separate piece of metal and isattached at one end to the slotted frame or plate 75 of thebrace-fastening. c is the lever, working in a slot in the spring-tonguea a. The free end 01 f the spring-tongue is serrated, the serrated endbeing situated opposite the angular bar Z at the top of the frame 70.The web at of the brace passes between the bar Z and the serrated end aof the spring-tongue a, then through a slot in the plate or frame It, tothe back thereof, and finally over the barnat the lower end of theframe. (See Fig. 16.) When the lever c is lifted, as represented in Fig.16, the serrated edge a of the spring-tongue is also lifted from thebrace-web m, and the latter is released and can slide through the framek for adjusting it. By depressing the lever c the serrated edge a of thespring-tongue er enters the brace-web m, pressing it into the angularbar Z, and griping it firmly against the said bar.

Fig. 18 represents in front elevation and in section a stocking orcurtain suspender constructed according to our invention. The saidsuspcnder resembles the brace-fastening represented in Figs. 15, 16, and17. It consists of the plate a, to the upper end of which the band ortape from the waist of the person is connected. I To the plate a thespring-tongue I), having a lifting-lever, c, is connected. The bent endof the spring-tongue b is serrated, and the plate a has a slot, a nearits lower end, through which the serrated end of the tongue b passes,when the said tongue is closed upon the plate a by means of the lever c.The serrated part of the tongue I) enters the edge of the stocking orarticle to be suspended.

Having now described the nature of our invention and the manner in whichthe same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we claimas our invention-- 1. In a fastening for a cravat or other article, thecombination 'of the carrying-plate for the body of the fastening andoperating or griping lever with one or more springs made in one piecewith the said plate or body and frame, a spring-tongue, and an operatingor adapted to operate with said lever, substangriping lever, said tonguepassing through a- .tially as described.

2. The combination, with a carrying or sup- 5 porting plate and anoperating or griping lever, of a spring-tongue the elasticity of whichtends to draw the free end inward, all substantially as described.

3. A fastener for a cravat or other article, 10 comprising a carrying-plate or supportingslot in said lever, substantially as described.

JOHN HINKS. L. s.] THOMAS HOOPER. L. 8.] FRANCIS ROBERT BAKER. L. s.]Witnesses:

RICHARD SKERRETT, ARTHUR I. POWELL, Both of No.37 Temple Street,Birmingham.

